Rady School of Management
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the 2006-2007 General Catalog,
please contact the department for more information.
M.B.A. Approved Course List
MGT 201. Marketing Strategy (4)
Addresses formulation and implementation of marketing strategy, based
on an integrative view of competitive brand strategy over the product
life cycle. Provides a framework for developing marketing strategies
yielding sustainable competitive advantage based on customer, competitor,
industry, and environmental analysis. Prerequisite: admission to
degree program or consent of instructor.
MGT 202. Research for Marketing
Decisions (4)
Methods and applications of qualitative and quantitative marketing
research to solve substantive marketing problems. Emphasis on integrating
problem formulation, research design, questionnaire construction, and
sampling to yield the most valuable information, and on the proper
use of statistical methods. Prerequisite: admission to degree program
or consent of instructor.
MGT 210. Regulation and Innovation (4)
Addresses the complex role of regulation in business innovation. Includes
legal issues such as how to structure a business, whether to seek intellectual
property protection, when and how to raise capital or formulate exit
strategies, how to make employment decisions. Prerequisite: core finance
course or consent of instructor.
MGT 211. CEO, the
Board of Directors and Corporate Governance (4)
Provides an understanding of relationships among shareholders, managers,
and boards. Focuses on the office of the chief executive officer
and on the board of directors, including the roles and responsibilities
of
directors, and the legal, economic, managerial, and psychological
issues they confront. Prerequisite: admission to M.B.A. program
or consent of instructor.
MGT 220. Opportunity and Business Model
Analysis (4)
Builds on core management courses and deals with identifying and assessing
new technological and product opportunities. Assessment methods and
frameworks will be introduced for technologies and opportunities. Various
business models to profitably address market opportunities will also
be discussed. Prerequisite: core finance course (MGT 408) or consent
of instructor.
MGT 221. Topics in Innovation (2 or 4)
Advanced topics in business innovation, delivered by lecture, case
discussion, and online instruction. Prerequisite: admission to M.B.A.
program or consent of instructor.
MGT 222. Creativity and Innovation
(4)
Focuses on fostering and maintaining creativity in entrepreneurial
ventures and, more broadly, in general management. Reading materials,
cases, classroom, and home exercises will help students understand
and be able to use creativity in their own working lives. Prerequisite:
admission to M.B.A. program or consent of instructor.
MGT 250. Biotechnology
Industry, Structure, and Strategy (4)
Provides a business overview of the life-science industry, its major
market segments, financial structure, and financing strategies. Develops
an understanding of major industry issues and strategies, including
business development, financing, partnering and alliances, emerging
trends, ethical and policy issues. Prerequisite: completion of M.B.A.
core curriculum or consent of instructor.
MGT 260. Negotiation (4)
Examines methods of conflict resolution needed for effective management
in a constantly changing business environment. Applies these tools
to the broad spectrum of negotiation problems faced by the manager
and professional. Includes simulations, role playing, and cases. Prerequisite:
admission to M.B.A. program or consent of instructor.
MGT 270. Project
Management (4)
Provides management concepts and tools to enable the more effective
design, planning, and control of projects. Includes both the qualitative
and quantitative aspects of project management. Prerequisite: admission
to M.B.A. program or consent of instructor.
MGT 271. Technology Strategy
(4)
Outlines tools for formulating and evaluating technology strategy.
Includes an introduction to the economics of technical change, models
of technological evolution, and models of organizational dynamics and
innovation. Provides an understanding of how technology firms gain
and sustain competitive advantage. Prerequisite: admission to M.B.A.
program or consent of instructor.
MGT 272. New-Product Development (4)
Provides comprehensive analytical coverage of the new-product development
process, focusing on the basic tools, methods, and organizational structures
used in new-product development and management. Prerequisite: admission
to M.B.A. program or consent of instructor.
MGT 280. New Venture
Finance (4)
Focuses on the financing of new ventures and technological innovation.
Includes perspectives of both the entrepreneur and the investor,
investigating the venture-capital process and methods of financial
valuation useful
in the venture-capital industry and for other technology investments.
Prerequisite: core finance course or consent of instructor.
MGT 281.
Investments (4)
Examines financial theory and empirical evidence useful for making
investment decisions. Topics include: portfolio theory, equilibrium
models of security prices, the empirical behavior of security prices,
market efficiency, and fixed-income markets and behavioral finance.
Prerequisite: completion of M.B.A. core curriculum or consent of instructor.
MGT
282. Topics in Finance (2 or 4)
Advanced topics in finance. Instructional methods include face-to-face
lecture and case discussion, as well as online instruction. Prerequisite:
admission to M.B.A. program or consent of instructor.
MGT 299. Individual Directed Study (1-4)
Individual study or research under the direction of a selected faculty
member. Prerequisite: admission to M.B.A. program or consent of instructor. MGT 401. Professional Seminar
(1) The Professional Seminar presents up-to-date research, professional
skills development, and experts and business leaders as speakers.
Topics may vary by term. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental
stamp.
MGT 403. Quantitative Analysis (4) Through lecture and online
delivery, students will be introduced to key techniques for using data
to make informed management
decisions. Covers probability, statistics, decision analysis, and
optimization
techniques. Emphasizes managerial applications in such areas
as operations management, marketing, and finance. Prerequisite:
M.B.A. student
or
departmental stamp.
MGT 404. Accounting (4) Through lecture and online delivery,
students will be introduced to the basic concepts and methods used
in financial statements.
Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental stamp.
MGT 405.
Managerial Economics (4) Through lecture and online delivery,
this course will introduce students to the tools and concepts
of microeconomics to analyze
decision problems
within technology driven firms through the coverage of microeconomic
concepts relevant to managerial decision-making. Prerequisite:
M.B.A. student or departmental stamp.
MGT 406. Leadership
Skills, Values, and Teamwork in Technology Firms (4) Through
lecture and online delivery, introduces principles of effective
teamwork and leadership and of strategic managerial
communication.
Provides an introduction to case study and to ethical issues
confronting managers in technology or science-driven firms.
Develops
managerial
communication skills. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental
stamp.
MGT 407. Marketing (4) By taking an analytical approach to the
study of marketing problems, this course provides an understanding
of customers
and competitors
as a basis for developing, pricing, promoting, and distributing
goods and services that satisfy customer and organizational
objectives. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental
stamp.
MGT 408. Finance (4) Through lecture and online
delivery, this course will focus on basic business financial concepts
with particular
attention
to
challenges
of finance in start-up and small- and medium-sized
enterprises. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental stamp.
MGT
409. Organizational Strategy and Human Resource Management (4) After
identifying characteristics common to technology driven firms,
the implications of living in, managing,
and leading
such an organization
are explored. Covers skills such as leadership of
project teams and negotiations. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student
or departmental stamp.
MGT 410. Strategy (4) Through
lecture and online delivery, this course explores the strategic management
of technology-driven
firms
focusing on
the analytical
tools and techniques that support strategy formulation
and the related managerial
skills and decision processes that foster strategy
implementation. Prerequisite: M.B.A. “stamp” or departmental stamp.
MGT 412. From the Lab to the Market: Strategy,
Finance, Marketing, Accounting, and Organization
for Technology
Firms (4) Through lecture and online delivery,
this course is designed to provide an integrated
experience
for students
in regard
to all facets of
innovation, production, marketing, and competition
in a technology firm. Prerequisite:
M.B.A. student or departmental stamp.
MGT 413.
Operations, Information Systems, and Data Analysis (4) Through
lecture and online delivery, students will be familiarized with
the problems and
issues confronting
operations managers,
and to introduce language, conceptual models,
and analytical techniques
that
are broadly applicable in confronting such
problems. Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental
stamp.
MGT 414A. Technology
Workshop I (4) Through lecture and online
delivery, provides broad coverage of leading edge developments
in technical
and scientific
research, with an eye
to their potential applicability and value
in business. Provides basis for project-based
Technology
Workshop
II. An IP grade
will be awarded
at the end of the quarter. Final grade will
not be given until the completion of MGT
414B. Prerequisite:
M.B.A.
student or
departmental stamp.
MGT 414B. Technology
Workshop II (4) Project-based course, requiring
identification and completion of major project assessing
potential business
value of
emerging or potential
technology or science. Students work individually
or in teams. Periodic class meetings include
presentation of
interim and
final reports.
Prerequisite:
M.B.A. “stamp” or departmental stamp.
MGT
490A. Special Topics in Marketing (4) Through lecture and
online delivery, a course at an advanced level on marketing
topics.
Will fulfill
the
required
elective for students
in Communication and Information Technology
Services (CITS) Management track. Prerequisite:
M.B.A.
student or departmental
stamp.
MGT 490B. Special Topics in Marketing
(4) Through lecture and online delivery,
a course at an advanced level on marketing
topics.
Will fulfill
the
required
elective for students
in Management and the Life Sciences
and Health Industries track. Prerequisite:
M.B.A. student
or departmental
stamp.
MGT 490C. Special Topics in Marketing
(4) Through lecture and online
delivery, a course at an advanced
level on
marketing topics.
Will fulfill
the
required
elective for students
in Global Management and Policy track.
Prerequisite: M.B.A. student or departmental
stamp.
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